Andi Owen, Global President for Banana Republic, wrote in the post that the company's efforts to phase out on-call scheduling—in which employees are required to be ready to work a shift, but may have their hours cancelled because of customer demand—began this summer and that all of its stores will eliminate the practice by the end of September 2015.

"Additionally, each of our brands has committed to improving their scheduling policies to provide their store employees with at least 10 to 14 days notice. The majority of brands will be rolling out these new policies in September, and all Gap Inc. brands are committed to phasing in advanced schedules by early 2016," Owen wrote.

The practice "really blocks the day out for a worker," Schneiderman said at the time. "They can't schedule another job; they can't schedule child care. This is something that we have to deal with. It's a growing problem."